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“Mr Handel's Dinner” “Mr Handel’s Dinner” GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL & FRIENDS MUSIC FOR THE OPERA INTERMISSIONS MAURICE STEGER LA CETRA FRANZ LISZT GOTTFRIED FINGER (c. 1660-1730) Mr Handel’s Dinner 18 | A Ground in D minor / ré mineur / d-Moll 3’47 Concertos, Sonatas and Chaconnes from 40 Airs anglois pour la flûte, troisième livre, George Bingham, Amsterdam, c. 1704 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (1685-1759) GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL Concerto for recorder in F Major / Fa majeur / F-Dur Sonata a flauto e cembalo HWV 362 in A minor / la mineur / a-Moll after Recorder Sonata op. 1 no. 11 HWV 369 & Organ Concerto op. 4 no. 5 HWV 293 19 | Larghetto 2’54 1 | Larghetto. Adagio 2’38 20 | Allegro 2’17 2 | Allegro 1’47 21 | Adagio 2’36 3 | [Improvisation] 1’49 22 | Allegro 2’24 4 | Alla Siciliana 1’47 5 | Presto 2’10 23 | Passacaille HWV 399 in G Major / Sol majeur / G-Dur 4’28 from Trio sonata op. 5 no. 4, also in Radamisto (III) HWV 12, Suite for orchestra Parnasso in festa HWV 73, Il Pastor fido HWV 8 from Almira, Königin von Castilien HWV 1 & Concerto à 5 for flute or oboe HWV 287 6 | Chaconne. Tanz der spanischen Damen und Cavallier 1’18 WILLIAM BABELL (c. 1690-1723) 7 | Bourrée 0’58 Concerto in 7 Parts for sixth flute and four violins op. 3 no. 1 8 | Sarabanda 4’26 D Major / Ré majeur / D-Dur 9 | Ritornello 0’53 24 | Allegro 1’57 10 | Rondeau 1’25 25 | Adagio 1’41 11 | Rigaudon 0’45 26 | Allegro 2’40 12 | Allegro 1’35 GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL FRANCESCO GEMINIANI (1687-1762) Trio à flauto, violino e basso HWV 386a in C minor / ut mineur / c-Moll Concerto per flauto in G Major / Sol majeur / G-Dur from Johann Georg Pisendel, Dresden manuscript, Schrank II collection after Arcangelo Corelli’s Sonata op. 5 no. 11, ornamented by Pietro Castrucci* (1679-1752) 27 | Cantabile 3’55 and Matthew Dubourg° (1703-1767) 28 | Allegro 2’20 13 | Preludio. Adagio* 3’16 29 | Andante 2’57 14 | Allegro° 2’07 30 | Allegro 2’10 15 | Adagio 1’12 16 | Vivace° 2’06 31 | Chaconne HWV 435 in G Major / Sol majeur / G-Dur 7’45 17 | Gavotta. Allegro° 2’16 from Ex Bibliotheca Poelchaviana manuscript & Suites de Pieces, London c. 1721 (John Walsh) Recorders and direction MAURICE STEGER LA CETRA SOLOISTS LA CETRA - BAROCKORCHESTER BASEL (HWV 1, 287, 435) MAURICE STEGER Violins 1 Éva Borhi, Katharina Heutjer, Cecilie Valter, Christoph Rudolf Recorder | Conductor Violins 2 Johannes Frisch, Petra Melicharek, Ildikó Sajgó, Maria Sohn Common flute (Alto recorder in f’) after J. Denner, by Ernst Meyer (HWV 369, 293, 362) Violas Péter Barczi, Joanna Michalak Fifth flute (Soprano recorders in c’’) after early baroque models, made by Andreas Schwob (HWV 1 & 287) Cellos Jonathan Pešek, Alex Jellici Alto recorder in g’ after J. Denner, made by Ernst Meyer (Geminiani) Violone Fred Walter Uhlig Tenor recorder in c’ after early baroque models, made by Andreas Schwob (Finger) Recorder & oboe Janine Jonker, Priska Comploi Sixth flute (Soprano recorder in d’’) after B. Reich, made by Heinz Ammann (Babell) Traverso Sarah Giger Voice flute (Alto recorder in e-flat’) after P. Bressan, made by Ernst Meyer (HWV 386) Bassoon Letizia Viola Theorbo, archlute & guitar Juan Sebastiàn Lima, Daniele Caminiti SEBASTIAN WIENAND Harpsichord Sebastian Wienand Harpsichord | Organ Positive organ (8’, 8’, 4’) after early Italian models, made by Bernhard Fleig (HWV 369, 293) Italian harpsichord after C. Grimaldi, made by Markus Krebs (HWV 1, 287, 435) Double manual harpsichord after J. Ruckers, made by Markus Krebs (HWV 362) Double manual harpsichord after M. Mietke, made by Markus Krebs (HWV 386) KATHARINA HEUTJER Violin after G. Guarneri, made by Daniel Frisch (HWV 369, 293, 399, 386, Geminiani, Babell) ÉVA BORHI Violin after F. Gobetti, made by Christian Sager (HWV 369, 293, 399, Geminiani, Babell) PÉTER BARCZI Viola after G. Guarneri, made by Christian Sager (HWV 369, 293, 399, Geminiani) Violin after F. Gobetti, made by Christian Sager (Babell) JONATHAN pešek Violoncello after N. Amati, made by Marco Solerno (HWV 369, 293, 399, 386, Geminiani, Babell) FRED WALTER UHLIG Violone after J. J. Stadelmann, made by Fred Walter Uhlig (HWV 369, 293, 399, Geminiani, Finger, Babell) FLORA PAPADOPOULOS Harp, arpa doppio after the Barberini harp, made by Dario Pontiggia (HWV 369, 293, 399, 386, Geminiani, Finger, Babell) DANIELE CAMINITI Theorbo after M. Tieffenbrucker, made by Andreas von Holst (HWV 369, 293) Archlute after V. Venere, made by Andreas von Holst (Geminiani, Finger, HWV 399, Babell) Guitar after N. Voboam, made by Michele Busardò/Julian Behr (Geminiani, Babell) PHILIPPE GRISVARD Harpsichord after C. Grimaldi, made by Markus Krebs (HWV 369, 293, 399, Geminiani), after M. Mietke, made by Markus Krebs (Babell) TRACKS 3 PLAGES CD qui, dans les décennies 1720-1730, cherchait à entendre la musique de Händel, était (1679-1752), lui aussi élève de Corelli, constituent un cas à part. Castrucci occupa pendant des années le poste de L’amateur comblé par la fréquentation des opéras londoniens, où se donnait chaque soir, durant premier violon solo dans l’orchestre de l’opéra dirigé par Händel. Tout porte à croire que les agréments de Castrucci, la saison, un grand opéra italien du maestro qui comptait dans la capitale britannique de nombreux adeptes. Händel dans leur incroyable complexité, lui servaient de carte de visite en tant que virtuose ; ils ne furent donc jamais publiés s’y entendait mieux que n’importe lequel de ses contemporains pour captiver son public par des harmonies à la fois et la seule trace qu’on en possède est une copie manuscrite conservée à la Henry Watson Music Library de Manchester. chamarrées et majestueuses, des mélodies aussi suaves que sentimentales et une virtuosité débridée. Incarnés par Parmi les autres musiciens qui se sont attachés à promouvoir une exécution stylistiquement adéquate de la musique les meilleurs chanteurs italiens de l’époque, les personnages de l’opera seria, loin d’être engoncés – comme souvent de Corelli, on peut citer le violoniste anglais Matthew Dubourg (1703-1767). Sa manière d’ornementer les sonates pour – dans le carcan quelque peu formaliste du genre et de sa dramaturgie stéréotypée, apparaissaient soudain animés violon de Corelli nous a été transmise par un manuscrit unique, appartenant à la collection privée du musicologue de l’intérieur par sa musique : la vraisemblance de leurs sentiments semblait alors tellement irrésistible qu’après français Marc Pincherle (1888-1974). Malheureusement, l’original n’a jamais été retrouvé après le décès de Pincherle ; l’heureux dénouement (lieto fine), on voyait souvent les spectateurs quitter le théâtre les larmes aux yeux. D’une en revanche, nous possédons un microfilm de ce document, qui contient le texte de la partition avec tous les ornements singulière nouveauté, l’intensité propre aux opéras händeliens en faisait l’objet de maintes conversations dans les indiqués par Dubourg, lui-même élève de Geminiani. Dès lors, tout porte à croire que sa notation des ornements reflète salons et les cafés ; le compositeur n’avait pas son pareil pour attiser habilement l’enthousiasme de son public et le le propre jeu de Corelli, transmis à la postérité via l’enseignement de Geminiani. Maurice Steger joue ce concerto de faire patienter jusqu’à la prochaine création, en adaptant pour l’usage domestique quelques-uns de ses morceaux Geminiani d’après Corelli sur une flûte à bec alto en sol ; les ornements qu’il exécute sont ceux de Castrucci dans le 1er les plus populaires (favourites), qu’il faisait circuler soit sous forme imprimée, soit à l’état de manuscrit. Tout un mouvement, et ceux de Dubourg dans les 2e, 4e et 5e mouvements. segment de la musique de chambre écrite par Händel durant les années londoniennes se trouve en étroite relation Originaire d’Olmütz en Moravie, le compositeur Gottfried Finger (c. 1660-1730) fait quelque peu figure de précurseur avec ses travaux destinés à la scène. Par la suite, lorsque son étoile commença à pâlir au firmament lyrique et que du musicien saxon. Après avoir déployé ses talents au service de différentes cours, il émigra en 1685 vers l’Angleterre ses œuvres pour la scène se virent supplanter par celles de rivaux plus jeunes, le Saxon se tourna vers l’oratorio : pour s’installer à Londres, où il intégra tout d’abord la Chapelle catholique du roi Jacques ii, avant de devenir musicien réunissant les traditions italienne, allemande et anglaise, il en fit un genre promis à un bel avenir ; la noblesse de indépendant . En 1701, il rentra sur le continent pour y poursuivre sa brillante carrière au service de diverses cours. Le son style, qui convenait idéalement à la mise en musique des sujets religieux, restait très prisée par le public. Durant Ground en ré mineur provient du Troisième Livre avec “Airs anglois” publié par Finger. l’exécution d’un oratorio, le public attendait avec ferveur l’un de ses points culminants : enchâssé entre les actes, l’intermède instrumental prenait la forme d’un concerto pour orgue et orchestre, dont la partie soliste était assurée La Sonate pour flûte à bec et basse continue en la mineur fut composée par Händel vers 1725-1726, probablement en par le compositeur en personne. Ces œuvres aussi somptueuses qu’accessibles offraient parfois aux auditeurs la liaison avec son enseignement de la basse continue. La remarquable qualité de ce morceau de circonstance devait surprise de faire ressurgir sous une nouvelle forme quelque mélodie à succès extraite d’une œuvre antérieure : inciter le compositeur à réutiliser certains mouvements ou tout au moins leur matériau thématique dans d’autres le plaisir de reconnaître un air aimé a joué pour une grande part dans la popularité des concertos pour orgue de compositions.
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